Climate Council oceans report says seas are warming faster, calls for end to fossil fuel projects

Australian and international scientists have warned ecosystems such as the Great Barrier Reef will not recover from the effects of climate change unless fossil fuels are reduced within the next decade. The Climate Council on Wednesday released its first oceans report, which said the rate of climate change was happening much faster than predicted.

Perth anti-Woodside climate activist avoids prison time. A senior member of the Disrupt Burrup Hub protest group won’t spend time behind bars over withholding device passwords.

India's Delhi city will restrict the use of vehicles to curb rising pollution as air quality in the capital remains dangerously unsafe for a third consecutive day despite mitigation efforts.

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Climate Council oceans report says seas are warming faster, calls for end to fossil fuel projects
Australian and international scientists have warned ecosystems such as the Great Barrier Reef will not recover from the effects of climate change unless fossil fuels are reduced within the next decade. The Climate Council on Wednesday released its first oceans report, which said the rate of climate change was happening much faster than predicted.

Perth anti-Woodside climate activist avoids prison time
A senior member of the Disrupt Burrup Hub protest group won’t spend time behind bars over withholding device passwords.

New Delhi to restrict use of vehicles to curb air pollution
India's Delhi city will restrict the use of vehicles to curb rising pollution as air quality in the capital remains dangerously unsafe for a third consecutive day despite mitigation efforts.

Top consultancy undermining climate change fight: whistleblowers
The world's top management consultancy McKinsey & Company is using its position as a key advisor to the UN's COP28 climate talks to push the interests of its big oil and gas clients, undermining efforts to end the use of the fossil fuels driving global warming, according to multiple sources and leaked documents.

Fish farms threaten endangered fish
The federal environment minister says salmon farming operations in Tasmania's Macquarie Harbour could be temporarily halted, as part of a push to save the Maugean skate.

China and Australia's climate targets on the agenda as Pacific Islands Forum meeting kicks off in Cook Islands
The idyllic Cook Islands is about to see a week of high-level diplomacy and multilateral wrangling as the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders meeting gets underway. 

EV expansion: Calls to expand electric ferries
Much of the conversation around electric vehicles, or EVs, tends to focus on electric cars. But the head of a New Zealand marine technology consultancy says Australia must broaden its EV ambitions to include electrifying our public ferry services, or else risk the future of our local shipbuilding industry.

Riverina koala colony re-established in 1970s shows signs of being healthy, diverse
On the banks of the Murrumbidgee River, in southern New South Wales, koalas are courting each other, with low-pitched growls echoing through the night. It's music to the ears of researchers like Andrew Baker from the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS).

Regulatory uncertainty seen delaying Scarborough gas project
Goldman Sachs has joined Citi in tipping a six-month delay to Woodside Energy’s huge Scarborough gas project off north-west WA that would potentially add more than $300 million to the development bill.

ABC Rural Vitasoy Australia to produce 70 million litres of plant-based milk in biggest year yet
A major Australian plant-based milk processor is forecasting its highest yearly production as consumers continue to embrace the dairy alternative. "Forty per cent of Australian households now have a plant-based milk in the fridge."

Calls for action amid fears of more fish kills on Darling River
Concerned observers say very little has changed in the seven months since tens of millions of fish suffocated to death along the Darling River, where dozens of Murray cod have been found dead in recent months.

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The federal government's resolve to establish an offshore wind industry is being tested by the emergence of community groups' opposition which the government claims are being influenced by misinformation.

Hundreds of migrating shearwaters found dead on NSW beaches
Bird experts say bad weather and ocean warming are possible reasons for hundreds of short-tailed shearwaters (muttonbirds) washing up on New South Wales beaches.

Storms Like Ciarán Are Becoming ‘More Damaging’ Due to Climate Change
On November 1, Ciarán battered the United Kingdom, becoming one of the strongest storms ever recorded in western Europe. 'The Independent' reports that heavy rains and powerful winds caused evacuations, school closures and dangerous travel conditions.

Critically Endangered Red-Fronted Macaw Chick Hatches At Edinburgh Zoo
It’s the first to be born at the zoo for 20 years. There are believed to be less than 800 red-fronted macaws in existence, with the wild population declining due to habitat loss making this new arrival an important ambassador for the species.